Inviting Erotic Enquiry
Somatic training, workshops and group processes that explore the intersection of systemic violence and erotic liberation
Rewoven is held in partnership by Susan Stark and Kendra Russell.
Our work is located at the interface of:
Critical Theory
Politicised Somatics
Erotic Liberation
We are guided by the understanding that dominant political systems and oppressive ideologies perpetuate sexual harm, shame and taboo in ways that oppress bodies and limit possibilities for transformative change.
Rewoven is also guided by a commitment to erotic liberation. We view eroticism as a dynamic source of aliveness felt in our bodies, relationships and ways of being - that can be drawn upon to create personal, relational and structural change.
Our work seeks to honor the reality of systemic violence and trauma, while offering critical frameworks and somatic practices that support collective liberation.
We hope to resource individuals and communities working across the violence to pleasure spectrum.
We work with:
Practitioners – we offer somatic education and training to resource practitioners with an interest in working with embodiment, sex, intimacy & pleasure, including: community and frontline workers, counsellors & therapists, activists & organisers, alternative healing practitioners, creatives & artists.
Victim/survivors of systemic violence – we offer trauma-informed, facilitated group-work and resources for those directly impacted by structural violence, including victim/survivors of sexual and family violence.
Pleasure activists – we offer somatic workshops and group processes for individuals and communities interested in cultivating skills for embodied, erotic connection.
Our threads.
Critical Theory
Critical theory informs how we understand people as shaped by dominant political forces and power-over ideologies. Rewoven draws on a range of intersectional feminist and queer theories to guide and inform our work.
Politicised Somatics
Politicised somatics is a change methodology that bridges critical theory and embodied practice. It seeks to understand the ways power structures are internalised and live in our physiologies. Politicised somatics provides trauma-informed, body-based tools to foster healing and transformation.
Erotic Liberation
Our vision for liberation entails centring eros across all domains of life. Eroticism is source of vitality and creativity that is essential to resisting systems of domination and supremacy. Rewoven resources individuals and communities to cultivate pleasure, intimacy and connection in ways that honour curiosity, diversity and embodied consent.
Interested in participating or collaborating?
Feel free to contact us via email or fill out our contact form to discuss the details of you enquiry.
Recognising the power of the erotic within our lives can give us the energy to pursue genuine change within our world, rather than merely settling for a shift of characters in the same weary drama.
― Audre Lorde Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power